Washing-machine



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' UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICES JOSEPH HOLLINGSWORTH, OF JONESBQROUGH,INDIANA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,214, dated January22, 1824.

e Axmlication filed July 12, 1583. (N0 mom.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it'know'n that 'I, 'JosEPH HoLLINGs- WORTH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residpanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a vertical sectional View of my machine, andFig. 2 is a detail View.

This invention has relation to cylinders for steam washing-machines; andit consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as willbe hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaimappended.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a designates thesteam-cylinder, constructed of the sections 1), secured to the heads 0in such a manner as to leave the spaces e between the sections b. Thecylinder-heads c are further connected by rods or barsf, eX- tendingfrom head to. head of the cylinder at points directly opposite or inline with the spaces e, as shown. These rods orbars f are strengthenedby short braces g, secured to the extensions 8 of the sections 1), andto the rods or bars to hold them up under the weight of the clothes.These rods or bars f are designed form a part to hold the clothes up offfrom the walls of the cylinders and permit the steam and water in thetank or boiler in which the cylinder is rotated to circulate freelythrough the clothes.

It designates the door in the cylinder-head 0, through which the-clothesare introduced and removed.

*6 designates the hubs of the cylinder-heads, and lathe journals for thecylinder, one of which is provided with a crank in the usual manner.This cylinder may be cheaply constructed, is strong and durable, andperforms its work in the most satisfactory manner.

The sections 0, instead of being made angular, may be made in curvedform, as shown in Fig. 2, without departing fromthe character of myinvention. I may therefore use either I form of section in constructingmy cylinderfi what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is'

The combination, with the cylinder of a washing-machine constructed asdescribed, and provided with the transverse openings 6, the walls 8 ofwhich extend within the cylinder, of the bars f, connected at each endto the cylinder-heads, and with the said extensions by means of thebrace-arms 5/, to hold the bars at a distance from the inner edges'ofthe eX- tensions, whereby a free passage is allowed for the water andsteam, and the clothes prevented from closing the said openings duringoperation.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH HOLLINGSIVORTH.

\Vitnesses:

S. S. HORNE, ROBERT J AY.

Having thus fully described my invention,

